Ikea Sale

Chuchoter

Just like to point out that Ikea's sale is nowhere near as good as it looks. They've brought up all the prices and are then putting them on sale, so your 20% discount might be more expensive than what it originally cost.

For example I got this bed back in October for *€50, its now €64.
http://www.ikea.com/ie/en/catalog/products/S19887607
Same thing with this chair
http://www.ikea.com/ie/en/catalog/products/S59848317
I got it for around €30, its now €48, because I bought two and I know I didn't spend nearly €100 on swivel chairs.

Dinkie

We thought the same.

We hadn't noticed that the prices had gone up, but thought that there were very few items actually in the sale.

Barney Magoo

Agreed, there's not much of interest at reduced Sale prices. They're packing the crowds in though. Today at noon the covered carpark was completely full. Not a lot of activity at the checkouts though at that time. Seems to be a family day out for some.

g32

crayolastereo wrote: »

Just like to point out that Ikea's sale is nowhere near as good as it looks. They've brought up all the prices and are then putting them on sale, so your 20% discount might be more expensive than what it originally cost.

For example I got this bed back in October for *€50, its now €64.
http://www.ikea.com/ie/en/catalog/products/S19887607
Same thing with this chair
http://www.ikea.com/ie/en/catalog/products/S59848317
I got it for around €30, its now €48, because I bought two and I know I didn't spend nearly €100 on swivel chairs.

Just buy from their Belfast store instead, as its cheaper.

exaisle

They know what they can do with this, so.

http://www.ikea.com/ie/en/catalog/products/90074181

keithclancy

How is this Ripoff Ireland ??


http://www.ikea.com/ie/en/catalog/products/S59848317
JULES
Swivel chair
€ 47.99

http://www.ikea.com/nl/nl/catalog/products/S59848317
JULES
Bureaustoel
€ 59.95

http://www.ikea.com/de/de/catalog/products/S59848317
JULES
Drehstuhl
€ 59,00


Irelands cheaper than Holland or Germany for a lot of stuff.

Chuchoter

keithclancy wrote: »

How is this Ripoff Ireland ??


http://www.ikea.com/ie/en/catalog/products/S59848317
JULES
Swivel chair
€ 47.99

http://www.ikea.com/nl/nl/catalog/products/S59848317
JULES
Bureaustoel
€ 59.95

http://www.ikea.com/de/de/catalog/products/S59848317
JULES
Drehstuhl
€ 59,00


Irelands cheaper than Holland or Germany for a lot of stuff.

Because it was cheaper before the sale, and now they're trying to trick people into thinking they're getting a bargain.

91011

g32 wrote: »

Just buy from their Belfast store instead, as its cheaper.

no its not - its roughly the same price

http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/S59848317

femur61

That their was some law to protect consumers about this. A quick email to a consumer protection agency wouldn't go amiss.

91011

femur61 wrote: »

That their was some law to protect consumers about this. A quick email to a consumer protection agency wouldn't go amiss.

A law that says a shop can't change prices??? - No such thing.

The products the op have pointed out are NOT in the sale.

The OP has said previous price was "around" €50 & €30. - You'd be surprised how around €30 can mean €39.99. (I've experienced it on a product I had at €40 even and customer told me another store sold it for €30 - other store had it at €39.99!!).

Another point - almost all this stuff is made in China and paid for in dollars. Last year, the dollar was at $1.55 / €1 and to ship a container from china was under €2000.

For the past 2 / 3 months the dollar is at €1.25 and it currently costs over €3,000 to ship a container from China. - There are just so many variables that make up a price point, that you simply have to look at the product and think whether you yourself think its worth paying the price or not.

Another personal example - UK sourced product (made in China) last Christmas selling at €44.95 (UK price £39.99). Due to dollar strength, UK price has increased to £49.99, due to higher sterling, Irish price would now have to be €59.95. As I don't think this represents value, the product has been dropped as I couldn't justify a 33% increase in 6 months. - But it still sells in many stores at the new price.

Haggis The Dog

Theres no law against putting a price up and then bringing it back down and calling it a sale...as long as the time it was increased for it is sufficient it is legal

azzie

The bed is dearer in France
http://www.ikea.com/fr/fr/catalog/products/S39828103

azzie

...........and so is the swivel chair
http://www.ikea.com/fr/fr/catalog/products/S59848317

CantGetNoSleep

Who cares if things are cheaper anywhere else, we can't moan on here about ireland being a rip off then

g32

91011 wrote: »

no its not - its roughly the same price

http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/S59848317

You have not developed any price comparison logic.

Belfast
GBP 38.99 (EUR 46.13):

http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/S59848317

Dublin
EUR 47.99:

http://www.ikea.com/ie/en/catalog/products/S59848317


Cheaper in Belfast.

pleasant Co.

g32 wrote: »

Cheaper in Belfast.

By less than 2euro? I can live with that.

borderlinemeath

g32 wrote: »

You have not developed any price comparison logic.

Belfast
GBP 38.99 (EUR 46.13):

http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/S59848317

Dublin
EUR 47.99:

http://www.ikea.com/ie/en/catalog/products/S59848317


Cheaper in Belfast.

Wow! What a saving!! :rolleyes:
Can't believe you actually think that is good value for travelling to Belfast to shop.

What about your fuel and transport G32? You never ever seem to take these into account.
And by that YOU have not developed any price comparison logic.

GerardKeating

Mactard wrote: »

By less than 2euro? I can live with that.

And some of that €2 difference will be the extra VAT, unless the OP is quoting prices ex-VAT.

91011

g32 wrote: »

You have not developed any price comparison logic.

Belfast
GBP 38.99 (EUR 46.13):

http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/S59848317

Dublin
EUR 47.99:

http://www.ikea.com/ie/en/catalog/products/S59848317


Cheaper in Belfast.

At current over the counter currency rates £38.99 = €47.58 -tomorrow that may be higher or lower. 10 days ago it would have worked out at €49.41 -

you really need to throw away your rose tinted currency glasses and start working out REAL costs and using REAL prices and REAL exchange rates.

I've yet to see one single REAL rip-off post from you. - And a single bottle of your favourite coca cola is STILL 4c cheaper in Tesco than Asda:p.

g32

Mactard wrote: »

By less than 2euro? I can live with that.

91011 said:

no its not - its roughly the same price



Lying 91011....

Could he be doing that purposely to hide price savings from everyone rather than acknowledging them?

pleasant Co.

g32 wrote: »

91011 said:

no its not - its roughly the same price



Lying 91011....

Could he be doing that purposely to hide price savings from everyone rather than acknowledging them?

*Don's Pedant hat* There's less than 4% difference in price, that would fall right at the border of "roughly" the same price when talking about this comparatively small difference in price.

g32

91011 wrote: »

you really need to throw away your rose tinted currency glasses and start working out REAL costs and using REAL prices and REAL exchange rates.

I've yet to see one single REAL rip-off post from you. - And a single bottle of your favourite coca cola is STILL 4c cheaper in Tesco than Asda:p.

lol. Your intellect astounds me.... You don't seem to understand the meaning of 'offer'.

If you looked it up in the dictionary, it may help your argument. If you are still haggling over the coca cola offer - which was proven to be cheaper in Asda at the time, perhaps this is your way of trying to bog-down an argument you know you cannot win. You can still admit that you are digging a hole for yourself and making it bigger.

You react to anything people say without thinking, giving the impression you have no self control. So far, you can't expand your horizons beyond degrading and false positives.

Today, the price difference on groceries is AT LEAST 30% and I conducted my own research to find a difference upwards of 52%. Ireland has the highest grocery prices in the Euro zone, as verified by European research.

If you want to believe something else, go ahead.

g32

Mactard wrote: »

*Don's Pedant hat* There's less than 4% difference in price, that would fall right at the border of "roughly" the same price when talking about this comparatively small difference in price.

But not the 'same' price as here - that was the point.

John Player

i wasnt impressed by the sale either, there wasnt much on sale at all. there was a wardrobe from 400 to 100 and a few other bits but nothing to write home about.

it is a fun day out though - my bf got the bus out there the other week and arrived at 5 to opening time, went into the carpark to wait for it to open, it was dead quite, then as soon as the shop opened people started getting out of their cars and walking twords d entrance. he said it was like a zombie movie the way they all just came from nowhere and moved in the same direction.

pleasant Co.

g32 wrote: »

But not the 'same' price as here - that was the point.

In response to my earlier post you quoted 91011 as saying "no its not - its roughly the same price (I've highlighted roughly as you've ignored it this time for some reason)

A 2euro difference, less than 4% price difference, would make 91011 statement more than accurate.

Your point, at least when dealing with me, was never that the price was the "same" as here. If that had been your point we would be in agreement. I dislike debating with people who cannot stick to their original point.

91011

g32 wrote: »

91011 said:

no its not - its roughly the same price



Lying 91011....

Could he be doing that purposely to hide price savings from everyone rather than acknowledging them?

difference based on REAL exchange rates is 0.8% that's LESS than 1% and very much within the meaning of roughly the same price.

as for your coca cola jibe - you always ignore the offers in the south (2 for €2.50 in tesco) - again roughly the same unit price as asda's 3 for £3 (€3.68) offer.

Oh, and you never seem to mention that diesel is up to 25% more expensive in the north!

borderlinemeath

g32 wrote: »

lol. Your intellect astounds me.... You don't seem to understand the meaning of 'offer'.

If you looked it up in the dictionary, it may help your argument. If you are still haggling over the coca cola offer - which was proven to be cheaper in Asda at the time, perhaps this is your way of trying to bog-down an argument you know you cannot win. You can still admit that you are digging a hole for yourself and making it bigger.

You react to anything people say without thinking, giving the impression you have no self control. So far, you can't expand your horizons beyond degrading and false positives.

Pot and kettle perhaps?

G32 - you are the very poster who continually abuses retailers in a degrading manner on these threads.
You also had to be told the basic economic principles of running a business by a lot of different posters.
You had to be told the difference between duty and vat.
You never acknowledge fuel and transport costs
Your contribution to these threads is usually a one liner such as "Greedy retailers in the south - it's cheaper in the north"

91011 has pointed out the error in your argument plenty of times and yet you still cannot make a convincing point without sounding like a petty stubborn teenager who can't get his own way.

g32

Mactard wrote: »

In response to my earlier post you quoted 91011 as saying "no its not - its roughly the same price (I've highlighted roughly as you've ignored it this time for some reason)

A 2euro difference, less than 4% price difference, would make 91011 statement more than accurate.

Your point, at least when dealing with me, was never that the price was the "same" as here. If that had been your point we would be in agreement. I dislike debating with people who cannot stick to their original point.

I did not cherry pick his original point.

Its trying to even reason with 91011, that's the problem.

I said it is cheaper in Belfast, 91011 lies about this. Obviously, nobody is going to head to Belfast for just a swivel chair. They are going to do their grocery and clothing shopping also.


Cry baby borderlinemeath believes that people should shop local for a false economy. He thinks the cost of running a business is the same as the Rip Off days. We all know its easy to "fix' numbers when you run a business. But I bet you, every one knew that books are fixed !! this is all, so fake. They want to be better than the Doctors and they allowed prices to grow that high, it's a joke.

91011

g32 wrote: »

I did not cherry pick his original point.

Its trying to even reason with 91011, that's the problem.

I said it is cheaper in Belfast, 91011 lies about this. Obviously, nobody is going to head to Belfast for just a swivel chair. They are going to do their grocery and clothing shopping also.


Cry baby borderlinemeath believes that people should shop local for a false economy. He thinks the cost of running a business is the same as the Rip Off days. We all know its easy to "fix' numbers when you run a business. But I bet you, every one knew that books are fixed !! this is all, so fake. They want to be better than the Doctors and they allowed prices to grow that high, it's a joke.

conor pope in todays Irish Times had a good article.

Yes - some items are cheaper particularly gereric medicines which cannot be got down here - but he found in many instances that prices in his local tesco for ordinary everday groceries were CHEAPER than prices in Sainsbury's in Lisburn. Prices of Jameson whiskey & Hennessey Cognac he also found to be cheaper in his local Tesco compared to Sainsbury's.

If you happened upon a good offer in Sainsburys such as their 25% off a 12 bottle case of wine, then savings were to be had - but this offer has now ended.


- I'd rather believe the independent voice of Conor Pope.

borderlinemeath

g32 wrote: »

Cry baby borderlinemeath believes that people should shop local for a false economy. He thinks the cost of running a business is the same as the Rip Off days. We all know its easy to "fix' numbers when you run a business. But I bet you, every one knew that books are fixed !! this is all, so fake. They want to be better than the Doctors and they allowed prices to grow that high, it's a joke.

Quite the conspiracy theorist aren't you:D
You might get a fictional novel out of it the rate your going.